Okay...so Goodies are fun--to give and receive--but come on, People!!!
Three of the five I received this past month were "Thank You" goodies.
This gives the false impression that I am a nice person. STOP IT!
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ANDY_54 gave me a pair of roller skates (SparkGoodie) to keep up with my grandkids. Or she wondered if they had to keep up with me.
All this year I've felt it was the former, but at our family gathering the other night, I amazed myself (not... Read more

...that I had to go buy some weaker glasses.
After second cataract surgery yesterday, I put on my regular reading glasses today, and everything got more blurry with than without.
The doc said I need to wear some type of glasses (clear ... Read more

You know...the kind that is probably only funny to you (aka...me).
Back on June 1st I updated my Spark Status to "Happy June!"
About the middle of July, I noticed it hadn't changed in like 42 days...so updated it to that effect...and o... Read more

So I entered a couple of my crochet projects in the local county fair this year--first time participant.
Won a blue ribbon for the afghan I made for my hubby. The photo doesn't do it justice, and my husband even complained that they did a p... Read more

Went camping with my sister last weekend. We each brought a daughter and a dog. So it was two sisters and their daughters, or two aunts and their nieces, or two cousins and their mothers--depending on how you wanted to look at it.
The eveni... Read more

From my sister last week (we live 700 miles apart):
"THIS IS TERRIFIC! I'm so proud of you and happy for you. Now for some pictures! Send me some to put on my frig. I need some inspiration!"
So I had to!
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A couple days ago I posted my status as having changed my name. I was going to explain why, but the site would only allow so many characters for my status. I was going to post the reason the following day, but realized it would probably take 3 ... Read more

Yes, weight loss is time consuming. I guess that's the biggest excuse--and it's true.
Why don't we notice the time it takes to put the weight on? I suppose because it's easier to do something else simultaneously.
That's NOT fair. But w... Read more

...well, two of them actually.
Today we started 3-day challenges on the two teams that I lead: "Get a Clue, This IS You" and "SparkPeople's Official Plateau Buster Challenge."
www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/team_messageboard_thre... Read more

I was looking in the mirror today. I realized that losing 18 pounds in the past four months has left my face looking a bit thinner.
Then I wondered how I could measure my face to see in actual numbers the millimeters that I've lost. Enough ... Read more